FILE-OFFICE -- Snort detected traffic targeting vulnerabilities in files belonging to the Microsoft Office suite of software (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Visio, Access, Outlook, etc.).
FILE-OFFICE Microsoft Office Equation Editor object stack buffer overflow attempt
This event is generated when an attempt to exploit a stack buffer overflow in Equation Editor OLE is detected.
This event is generated when an attempt to exploit a stack buffer overflow in Equation Editor OLE is detected.
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Buffer Overflow
Buffer Overflows occur when a memory location is filled past its expected boundaries. Computer attackers target systems without proper terminating conditions on buffers, which then write the additional information in other locations in memory, overwriting what is there. This could corrupt the data, making the system behave erratically or crash. The new information could include malicious executable code, which might be executed.
CVE-2017-11882 |
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Tactic: Execution
Technique: Exploitation for Client Execution
For reference, see the MITRE ATT&CK vulnerability types here: https://attack.mitre.org